Li Hua: David, I came across the phrase “the gap year” when I read a newspaper article about

education in the UK. What is “the gap year”?

David: Well, I’m (1 ) a         in the gap year now. After getting away from all of those

(2 )t        , papers and presentations, many students find they need to take a little

break, for an (3 )e        year.  When I (4 )g         from middle school three

months ago,I decided to take a year (5)o         before going to university. There

are about 200,000 “gappers” every year, 130,000 of (6)w        have just finished

with middle school.                           

Li Hua:  So you are one (7)a         them. But what do you usually do in the gap year?

David:     Often students use the gap year to travel around the world, learning foreign languages,

meeting different peoples and (8)e        different cultures. And that’s why I have

been here.

Li Hua:  But, do you miss your parents?

David:     “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” (9)T         away from home, I feel (10)

c       to them.                                    

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                                                              Oct. 25, 2007

Dear Editor Zhang,

I am glad to write to you on English study. In my opinion, it is necessary for Chinese to learn English.

Best wishes.

                                                        Yours sincerely

                                                                Li Juan

She is two hours late. What ___ to her?

A．may have happened     B．should have happened                          

C．can have happened     D．must have happened

He could have helped us, but he ___ from coming in time by a traffic jam.

A．has been prevented      B．had been prevented                             

C．is prevented           D．was prevented

My mind wasn’t on what he was saying, so I’m afraid I ___ half of it.

A．was missing                                               B．had missed             

C．would miss                                 D．missed

– Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on. – Where was I?

– You ___ you didn’t like your father’s job.

A．were saying            B．said          C．had been saying              D．had said

After several hours’ walk, we finally arrived at ___ used to be a temple.

A．where       B．the place which          C．the place where          D．in which

Young ___ he is, ___ he can do the job much better than others.

A．although, however                                      B．though, but            

C．while, still                                D．as, yet

I’ll present the MP3 to ___ is willing to help me with my English listening.

A．whoever                                                    B．no matter who        

C．whomever                                      D．no matter whom

He lay in bed thinking with his hands ___ under his head and eyes ___.

A．cross, close                                               B．crossing, closing     

C．crossed, closed                                  D．crossing, close